About the Author

Matt Gunderson graduated from Middlebury College in 1999 with a degree in Classics. Since that time, he has worked as a reporter for a variety of newspapers in New England, including The Community Newspaper Co., The New Hampshire Union Leader, The New England Center for Investigative Reporting, and The Boston Globe. He also writes poetry and studies metaphysics in his spare time. He began work on The Ajnir in 2003 under the working title of The Half Planet.